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In this letter to the EU's Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV), T&E outlines its main recommendations on the next step of the new Real-world Driving Emissions (RDE) that will be voted by national experts in December 2016.

Following the result of the UK referendum to leave the EU, the Green 10 – 10 of the leading environmental networks active at European level – said the result was a blow to the values of openness, inclusiveness, tolerance, respect and commitment to sustainability that the EU represents. In the coming debate on how the EU will live up to these values, it must become better in making the case for the values and benefits EU policies have brought for its citizens’ health and wellbeing, the Green 10’s directors wrote in letter to presidents Juncker, Tusk and Schulz, and Prime Minister Rutte. These include cleaner air, water and beaches, thriving wildlife, safer substances and green energy, to name but a few. These benefits should be communicated loud and clear and all the time.

Ahead of tomorrow’s vote on the Real-world Driving Emission (RDE) objection, Transport & Environment is calling on you to support the objection of the Environment Committee and veto the unlawful RDE agreement reached between Council and Commission in October 2015.

A Joint letter from 10 urban, regional, health and environmental stakeholders ahead of the plenary debate on the Real-world Driving Emissions (RDE) test calling on MEPs to reject the weak deal from October 2015.

In this letter to the EU's Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles, T&E highlights the urgent need to finalise the new Real-world Driving Emissions (RDE) test as soon as possible to reduce emissions on the road and tackle the illegal use of defeat devices.

The Clean Shipping Coalition and other environmental NGOs wrote to the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation expressing concern at recent statements that suggested the IMO Secretariat itself was taking a position to advance the review date for the availability of low-sulphur fuels.

The Clean Shipping Coalition supports in principle the efforts from the International Maritime Organisation to assess opportunities of reducing the administrative burden that could arise from the application of the relevant international conventions. However, we believe that this effort should not be used as a way to undermine the current regulatory framework nor to relax the necessary enforcement procedures.